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present tense third-person singular of mock
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noun

plural of mock

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Recent Examples of mocks
Verb
By and large, the General Assembly mocks his policy proposals and ignores his leadership. Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2026 Too often international agencies are established with seemingly noble purposes but end up descending into blatant politicization that mocks their original intent. Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 The Los Angeles Dodgers insulted their Catholic paying customers by honoring a drag group that parades around as nuns and mocks their religion. Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026 One of the moments in the musical that caused the most laughter and claps from the audience was the final song, which mocks the idea of using violence as a form of protest rather than joining a movement or focusing on policy. Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2026 Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is demanding all copies of Unethical Hoops, a new Operation-style board game that mocks his foul-drawing reputation, be destroyed. Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026 And after running expansion mocks before the April 3 proceedings, the Tempo anticipated veteran wing Bridget Carleton — native of Chatham, Ontario – would be available for the second pick. Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 8 May 2026 But her desperation seems exposed at Cupertino, too, where Little Tim mocks her for her dim suggestion that psychotherapists be deployed to the company’s Guangzhou factory to cool down a labor crisis. Scott Tobias, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2026 While most of Hell mocks her goal, her devoted partner Vaggi, and their first test subject, adult-film star Angel Dust, stick by her side. Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
Early on in the pre-draft process, Stirtz was a popular match for Denver in mocks. Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 9 June 2026 Others do multiple mocks so one of them might be right or entire seven-round mocks that incorporate draft-night trade predictions. Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026 For all his royal status, Hamlet is a figure of resistance, who targets, mocks, humiliates, and ultimately kills a king. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026 According to the mocks, Sampson’s Cougars, the tournament’s second seed, and top-seeded Arizona could have three or four players taken among the 60 drafted. Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026 But most mocks have Concepcion taken between picks 20 and 40. Austin American Statesman, 23 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mocks
Verb
  • Sometimes life imitates art, but other times, art imitates life.
    Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
  • The undulating roofline imitates the Allegheny Mountains, and 38 steel columns create a canopy reminiscent of the region's forests, Prix Versailles says.
    Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • Though Claudius ridicules Hamlet for his emotional vulnerability, his grief drives him to avenge his father and emerge as a hero.
    Jeanette Tran, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Back in their teenage years, Lexi’s older sister Andrea is depicted as a mean girl who ridicules Catherine mercilessly.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Circe, too, disobeys the code, turning Odysseus’ men into pigs.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 17 July 2026
  • Still, a young kid is a young kid no matter the era, and to fulfill his wish of seeing real dinosaurs, Arco disobeys his parents.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The jokes practically wrote themselves as an eclectic group of progressive pastors, imams and a rabbi walked into a room, finding their seats around a table to talk about religion and politics.
    ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • Videos and jokes referencing the outbreak have spread across social platforms, with some users suggesting the parasite could be used as a rapid weight-loss method.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
Noun
  • Fort Worth police did not immediately provide copies of affidavits supporting the suspects’ arrests.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026
  • Her works have been translated into over 25 languages and sold over 10 million copies worldwide.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • In another nod to Scream, Cheri Oteri parodies Courteney Cox’s Gale Weathers as the comically unethical news anchor Gail Hailstorm.
    Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 27 June 2026
  • Ben Hania’s film before that, 2020’s Oscar-nominated The Man Who Sold His Skin, parodies the art world’s fetishization of refugees.
    Alexander Durie, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • So while the film, on one hand, ignores the political perspective of its victims — including Khalra — its wide-spanning rebuttal to government overreach becomes more palatable to mass audiences in the process.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 July 2026
  • By and large, the General Assembly mocks his policy proposals and ignores his leadership.
    Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2026
Noun
  • An old scout has identified several key trade targets to bolster the team.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • America’s billionaires are looking for sports investments overseas, and English football is increasingly one of their favorite targets.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 30 July 2026

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“Mocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mocks. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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